Pennsylvania Railroad system

GPTKB entity

Statements (63)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:railway_company
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:PRR
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:dissolved 1968
gptkbp:founded 1846
gptkbp:headquarters_location gptkb:Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Pennsylvania Railroad system
gptkbp:largest_railroad_by_traffic_and_revenue_in_US early 20th century
gptkbp:legacy gptkb:Amtrak_Northeast_Corridor
gptkb:Conrail
gptkbp:mergedInto gptkb:Penn_Central_Transportation_Company
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:The_Standard_Railroad_of_the_World
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Hudson_River_Tunnels
gptkb:Allegheny_Tunnel
gptkbp:notableBuilding gptkb:Rockville_Bridge
gptkb:Horseshoe_Curve
gptkbp:notableCompetitor gptkb:Baltimore_and_Ohio_Railroad
gptkb:New_York_Central_Railroad
gptkb:Reading_Company
gptkb:Erie_Railroad
gptkb:Lehigh_Valley_Railroad
gptkbp:notableEmployee gptkb:Andrew_Carnegie
gptkb:George_Westinghouse
gptkb:Thomas_A._Scott
gptkb:J._Edgar_Thomson
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:bankruptcy_of_Penn_Central_(1970)
merger with New York Central Railroad
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Enola_Yard
gptkb:Jersey_City_Terminal
gptkb:Pennsylvania_Station_(Pittsburgh)
gptkb:Sunnyside_Yard
gptkb:Altoona_Works
gptkbp:notableInvention air brake adoption
block signaling
mail and express service
steel passenger cars
electrification of mainline
standard time adoption
gptkbp:notableLeader gptkb:Samuel_Rea
gptkb:Alexander_J._Cassatt
gptkb:Martin_W._Clement
gptkbp:notableRoute gptkb:Spirit_of_St._Louis
gptkb:Pennsylvania_Limited
gptkb:Broadway_Limited
gptkbp:notableStation gptkb:30th_Street_Station_(Philadelphia)
gptkb:Union_Station_(Washington,_D.C.)
gptkb:PRR_E6
gptkb:PRR_GG1
gptkb:PRR_K4s
gptkb:PRR_S1
gptkb:PRR_T1
gptkb:Pennsylvania_Station_(New_York_City)
gptkbp:parentCompany gptkb:Long_Island_Rail_Road
gptkb:Philadelphia,_Baltimore_and_Washington_Railroad
gptkb:Pittsburgh,_Cincinnati,_Chicago_and_St._Louis_Railroad
gptkbp:subsidiary gptkb:Pittsburgh,_Fort_Wayne_and_Chicago_Railway
gptkb:Pennsylvania-Reading_Seashore_Lines
gptkb:Northern_Central_Railway
gptkb:Cleveland,_Akron_and_Columbus_Railway
gptkb:Cumberland_Valley_Railroad
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Penn_Central_Transportation_Company
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Pittsburgh,_Fort_Wayne_and_Chicago_Railway
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6